| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; The Cast of Characters; Maps; 1. Manhattan Transfer; 2. Building the Odeyak; Photo Section: The Odeyak Travellers and Their Hosts; 3. The Whale and the Seal -- Traditional Way of Life; 4. The Bulldozer -- James Bay 1; 5. A Canadian Wilderness; 6. Odeyak Discovers Lake Champlain; 7. The Clearwater's Blanket; 8. River Talk, Legal Talk; 9. The Power and the Glory; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
On April 23, 1990, after a five-week journey from Hudson Bay to the Hudson River, the Odeyak landed at the Battery for Earth Day. Half-Cree, half-Inuit, the 24-foot freighter canoe, plowing across the Manhattan seascape, was a strange small vessel build in the dark Arctic winter to carry a message from two First Nations of the northern wilderness to a reclaiming of Times Square for Mother Earth. Along with the Crees' and the Inuit's hopes and fears for their children and for the future of their river, the Odeyak carried a simple request. The Great Whale Hydroelectric Project, the first part o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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James Bay Hydroelectric Project -- Citizen participation
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Odeyak (Canoe)
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| SUBJECT |
James Bay Hydroelectric Project fast |
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Citizen participation
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Conservation of natural resources -- Citizen participation.
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Political participation -- Québec (Province)
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Political participation -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Conservation of natural resources -- Citizen participation
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Political participation
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Québec
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Québec -- Great Whale River
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554883721 |
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1554883725 |
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9781459720886 |
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1459720881 |
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